点兵十六城 公立医院改革试点特别报道

16 Pilot Cities for Public Hospital Reform

中国的改革大致分为两种，一是自下而上的改革,往往发生在贫穷地区，穷则思变，而后由政府进行经验总结，予以推广;二是自上而下的改革,政府往往按照改革思路进行指令性试点，选择具备改革基础和条件的地区，以保证获得较好的改革成果。

Since last August, out of 663 cities in China, 40 cities in 28 provinces have been selected as pilot cities for the public hospital reform. In the end, 16 cities in 15 provinces have been chosen as 'national' pilot cities, while the other 24 cities are 'provincial' pilot cities.ilot cities.